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Private offer for airport entrance sign withdrawn; board to consider resurrecting plan
Summary
A private donor withdrew a $1,800 offer to fund an entrance sign after the city did not act before a 30‑day period elapsed. Board members debated whether the city should fund an airport sign and discussed alternative funding, including business contributions and sign-company sponsorship.
A private donor told the Hurricane Airport Board he withdrew a $1,800 offer to underwrite an airport entrance sign after two weeks passed without city action; board members urged re-evaluating how an entrance sign would be funded and who should lead the effort.
The donor said he had given a 30‑day window for the city to accept his offer and subsequently withdrew it. Board members discussed whether the city council or the airport board should advance the project and debated whether taxpayer funds should be used to advertise private businesses. Several participants described the planned sign as serving both as airport identification and as a visual face for the airport that could include participating business names.
Options discussed included: - Reviving a private-funding proposal with broader contributions from businesses that use the airport; - Seeking support or sponsorship from sign companies (one board member said Mike Young of Young Electric Sign Company has sign-plant resources and might contribute or pay for the sign); - Investigating grant funding through state aeronautics associations, while noting engineering requirements could increase costs; - The airport board formally recommending a sign and associated budget to the city council.
Board members emphasized the need to convene airport stakeholders (tenants and businesses) to develop a revised plan. No formal motion or city council action was recorded at the meeting.
